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An adab to Nanna (Nanna H) (Q000677)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | An adab to Nanna (Nanna H) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000677 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| sa-gida A, | ||
| 1 | en zid nam tar-ra {d}nin-lil₂-le tud-da | True lord, determined by Ninlil, |
| 2 | {d}suen dumu ki aŋ₂ {d}nin-lil₂-la₂ | Sîn, son of the father of Ninlil |
| 3 | e₂-kur-re e₂ {d}en-lil₂-la₂-ka | In the Ekur, the house of Enlil |
| 4 | {d}suen gaba-šu-ŋar nu-mu-ni-tuku-am₃ | Sîn has no rival. |
| 5 | me-zu me mah-am₃ an-ne₂ šum₂-ma-a-am₃ | Your divine powers are supreme powers, they are those of An |
| 6 | me al nu-di diŋir-re-e-ne | The divine powers that cannot be equalled, |
| 7 | a-a-zu an kug-ge saŋ-e-eš₂ mu-ri-in-rig₇ | Your father presented you with pure An |
| 8 | {d}en-lil₂-le nam-e-eš₂ mu-ri-in-tar | Enlil decreed a fate for you |
| 9 | en šu-luh kug-ga an-e gub-ba-am₃-ma | Lord, standing in holy radiance |
| 10 | x GIŠGAL piriŋ sikil diŋir-re-e-ne | [x] ..., the pure pirî-bowl of the intertwined chariotry |
| 11 | mi₂ zid dug₄-ga ud an-na-me-en | I am the one who gives birth righteously, in this day and night. |
| 12 | x X x X-ni-de₂ | ... to us. |
| sa-jara B, | ||
| 1 | e₂ x iri an-ne₂ ki ŋar-ra | The temple ..., the city that An <founds in a strange place> |
| 2 | e₂ x X RA iri an-ne₂ ki ŋar-ra | The temple ..., the city that An <founds in> the earth. |
| 3 | e₂ x {d}lugal-ban₃-da iri an-ne₂ ki ŋar-ra | The temple of Lugalbanda, the city of heaven and earth |
| 4 | e₂ X x X X iri an-ne₂ ki ŋar-ra | The temple ..., the city that An <founds in> the earth. |
| 5 | e₂ ki zabalam₂{ki} {d}inana iri an-ne₂ ki ŋar-ra | Temple of Zabalam, Inana, city of heaven and earth |
| 6 | sa-ŋar-ra-am₃ | It is a sabar. |
| 7 | eš₃ urim₂{ki} nam-galam-ma-bi-ta | From the shrine Urim whose greatness |
| 8 | šag₄-bi-a {d}en-ki {d}nin-ki-ne nam si-si sa₂-bi-ta | In its midst, Enki and Ninkin decreed a just destiny. |
| 9 | me šu ši-im-du₇-du₇-ne diŋir-diŋir a-nun-na am₃-ma-sug₂-sug₂-ge | The Anuna stand by him in the divine powers that are perfected |
| 10 | ŋiš-gi₅-ŋal₂ sa-ŋar-ra-bi-im | It is the “seizing-of-the-mouth’-plot‽ of the sabarru-demon |
| uru D, | ||
| 11 | urim₂{ki} eš₃ kur-ra | Urim, the shrine of the netherworld |
| 12 | eš₃ urim₂{ki} eš₃ kur-ra | The shrine Urim, the shrine of the mountain |
| 13 | urim₂{ki} iri an-ne₂ ki ŋar-ra | Urim, the city of An, the place of ... |
| 14 | u₁₈-ru₁₂-bi-im | It is its uru |
| 15 | a-da-ab {d}nanna-kam | It is an adab prayer of Nanna |
Sources & licences
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